Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) is having a lot of trouble with its retail business. Elevated inflation is contributing to a slowdown in demand, and rising costs for everything from labor to transportation are cutting into profitability. Consumers aren't as willing to open their wallets wi
The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite has fallen 22% from its high, putting the popular index in bear market territory. Many individual stocks have fallen much further. A variety of macroeconomic issues have contributed to that sell-off, including rampant inflation and Russia's war on
Last November, Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) launched five mobile games that were directly integrated into its app: Stranger Things: 1984, Stranger Things 3: The Game, Shooting Hoops, Card Blast, and Teeter Up.
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Many growth stocks have fallen sharply in recent months, pulled down by concerns about the strength of the economy. But macroeconomic headwinds like high inflation won't change the long-term growth trajectory of the e-commerce industry. According to eMarketer, online retail sales
First-quarter 2022 earnings are rolling in amid a tidal wave of fear. Economic growth was starting to slow after a solid rebound from early effects of the pandemic in 2021, but Russia's invasion of Ukraine added to that slowdown. The Federal Reserve's promise to aggressively hike
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Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) shares sank 14% in one trading session after the company's first-quarter earnings disappointed investors. The retail giant reported decreases in operating cash flow, free cash flow, and operating income. Amazon announced a net loss compared with a profit in
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Over the past year, a sizable group of stocks in the S&P 500 has been getting hammered with many trading at historically low valuations. However, in this video clip from "Ask Us Anything" on Motley Fool Live, recorded on April 22, Fool.com contributors Jon Quast and Jason Hal
With pandemic tailwinds fading, investors were expecting a slowdown from Amazon's (NASDAQ: AMZN) first-quarter report, but the falloff still seemed to surprise the market.
What happened
Shopify (NYSE: SHOP) sank 3.7% on Friday, as Amazon.com's (NASDAQ: AMZN) post-earnings plunge intensified investors' fears of an industrywide slowdown.
A volatile stock market faces a critical test next week, when the U.S. Federal Reserve is expected to raise interest rates and give more insight on its plans for tightening monetary policy to fight surging inflation.
Amazon’s (AMZN) disappointment isn’t exactly in the same league as what we saw from Netflix (NFLX) some time back. Amazon’s labor-intensive core business with its heavy logistics component leaves it vulnerable to the by-now well-known headwinds of inflation, supply chain
What happened
Amazon.com's stock price (NASDAQ: AMZN) plunged 14% on Friday, as concerns regarding the online retail titan's slowing growth and rising costs drove many investors to sell their shares.
Wall Street slid on Friday to its deepest daily losses since 2020, as Amazon slumped following a gloomy quarterly report, and as the biggest surge in monthly inflation since 2005 spooked investors already worried about rising interest rates.
The market's wildly volatile week ended in a bloodbath today, with the Dow losing 939 points to log its fifth-straight weekly loss. The blue-chip benchmark joined the S&P 500 for its worst month since March 2020, as the latter also closed with steep daily losses and its fou
U.S. stocks finished both the day and the month on a down note as a fresh round of earnings forecasts from companies only added to investors' laundry list of concerns.
Wall Street finished sharply lower on Friday, as Amazon slumped following a gloomy quarterly report, and as the biggest surge in monthly inflation since 2005 spooked investors already worried about rising interest rates.